Begging

1892

David Young Cameron

Associated Names
David Young Cameron

Artist, Scottish, 1865 - 1945

The image depicts a sketch of a person seated from the side, with their body slightly turned to the left. The seated figure is leaning forward, with their right arm extended and their face in partial profile. The hair is short and combed back, and the person is wearing a dark garment. They are seated in a simple environment, with a blank background and sparse details.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 6.5 × 4.3 cm (2 9/16 × 1 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 14.7 × 10.2 cm (5 13/16 × 4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.2281

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Rinder 1932, no. 111

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia, (Lugt 1932d); gift to National Gallery of Art, 1943.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1932

  • Rinder, Frank. D.Y. Cameron, an illustrated catalogue of his etchings and drypoints, 1887-1932. Glasgow: Jackson, Wylie and Company, 1932.

Inscriptions

in plate bottom right: DYC; below plate lower right in graphite: D.Y. Cameron; by later hands in graphite across bottom: Begging - Drypoint = 4 proofs / R111 K7648

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q64954670

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